#make it make sense ea!!!!

[thebramblewood]

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[aurorangen]

The day of Suzume's first blind date had finally arrived and the person she met was Naoki Ito! During their walk to the restaurant, Suzume tried to engage in his conversations and asked questions about him. Naoki was happy to be given this much attention and felt attached to Suzume already. "He's a bit clingy..." Suzume said in her head then she heard a girl giggle behind them "Otosan?" His kids were there.

She had no idea what was happening to Naoki's marriage, but his kids seemed cheerful about both their parents and she got the impression he was happily married. In the nicest way possible she said it was best to end the date and stay friends (really she wanted to get out of there). And that was how the blind date was over before it even started 🫣

[shadebloopnik]

This is gonna sound SOOO off or smthn but

Was the Perfect Family Harmony planned to be a weapon against the Bergens?

Long post ahead bc brain is rotting

Ok so as we know, the Perfect Family Harmony is smthn that's so powerful that its capable of shattering diamonds. Not just that but its one of the only thing capable of doing so(according to Floyd it was the only thing but giving the benefit of the doubt)

So we know its strong, and we saw it blasting off Velvet and Veneer off their platforms when they performed it, and they weren't even the targets, they were blasted away by just the shockwave that came with using it.

"Its that powerful."

Ok, so its definitely powerful enough to be used as a weapon right? Yeah it was relatively safe enough to use in front of a crowd, else they wouldn't have tried to do it during a concert, but that could just be when those harmonizing aren't targeting anything.

If it could shatter diamonds, how easily could it break cages? What would it do if it was used to target a Bergen? A whole Kingdom of Bergens?

Lets also go back to that concert, to that time John was obsessed with them getting it right. They were in the Troll tree, in Bergentown, a place where any of them could die during Trollstice. The Bergens were a huge threat, something that trolls, at their size, couldn't fight back against normally so they had to run instead right?

But what if they COULD fight back? What if they had a weapon so powerful that it might finally be able to free them? To defeat the monsters that tortured their kind for centuries?

What if John Dory found a way to help make sure nothing would threaten his brothers' safety ever again?

Like, it'd make John Dory's obsession make SOOO MUCH MORE SENSE

Like yea he clearly has OCD and anxiety and some bossiness and that definitely added to it all, but imagine if it was more than that?

Look at him during that performance. He was in deep. He had a wild look in his eyes, a sort of deranged obsession to have everything be perfect no matter what. It wasn't healthy, it was scary, maybe even downright terrifying for his brothers who had to be subjected to it.

But you know what else he looked like?

Terrified

Man was scared out of his mind. His anxiety and stress levels were through the roof. He probably was one wrong tune away from hyperventilating.

What if it was bc it was so much more than the fans? What if he put the salvation of the entire troll-kind on his shoulders?

One wrong step meant they were nothing.

One wrong step meant disappointing the fans.

One wrong step meant letting down the kingdom.

One wrong step meant another troll getting eaten.

Thats why when they failed, John blew up. He took all of that self-hatred of failing to use that weapon to defeat the bergens and poured it all onto his brothers.

"I know we can reach the Perfect Family Harmony."

"What if we don't want to."

John Dory, blind to how and WHY his brothers didn't want to follow his lead, felt betrayed.

To him, all he's ever done was to ensure their safety, everything was for the greater good. He'd done everything he could, his goals slowly twisting him into a crazed obsession. To hear his brothers say they didn't want to help anymore might've struck a cord too much. If you'd noticed he actually looked really sad and hurt when they started bringing up how much they hated being in the band, but it slowly twisted to anger instead. Kind of in a like, "I tried doing everything for these shts and THIS is how they repay me???" way. He was so stressed and stuck in his own head with his failures that he just couldn't see what his brothers were trying to say.

So in a fit of impulsive rage, he left. To him it probably was like that rlly childish way of saying "Yea im leaving, good luck dealing with the Bergens while im goneee." You know? Like how kids runaway from home when they get angry or upset over every little thing but come back when they realize how stupid that was?

"Im not allowed to change."

And he DID come back. Who knows how long, but he did. Imagine how he must've felt seeing their empty pod in an empty tree, with the knowledge that he could've done something about it. The Perfect Family Harmony could've saved them. They could've used it to break the cage, to fight the Bergens. Hell, it could've been powerful enough to wipe out all the Bergens if they do so wished.

"Im the oldest, I have to be the leader."

He and his brothers were the only ones who'd ever gotten close to getting it right.

"Why do you think I moved into the middle of nowhere? So I didn't have to be in charge of anyone."

The village was counting on them. Counting on him. He let them down. He failed.

"Freeing the village Four little brothers is a lot of responsibility."

They could've gotten it. If only John did it right. If only John did it differently.

If only John Dory was Perfect

[slythereen]

now that rbr and ferrari appear be cute buddies happy to allow their drivers to publicly interact on main i think it is a GREAT time to once again implore EA to give us a lestappen race. like what is stopping them from utilizing their beloved sponsored drivers for prime marketing glory

[galedekarios]

larian truly revealing bit by bit how they actively chose to make their game worse

[clfixationstation]

It's funny when ems bring up Armin punching Eren for Mikasa as Armin being some great em defender, when he's really being a Mikasa defender, against Eren's shitty treatment of her

[sapphic-agent]

Why is it that most of the hate against Brittany is either overwhelmingly biphobic or ableist? Why is that? Why?

[thagoddessdemi]

Currently looking for my back up save file because I might have just corrupted my legacy save because I wanted to change a residential rental lot back to a regular lot type.

Fuck EA

[juricore]

everything about race and rgu has been said already like. in far better ways than i could put it. but it really does boil down to the fact that anthy's skin is brown in the same way utena 's hair is pink

[musubiki]

... So you've been writing it m-34th a lot after that ask on pronunciation. Are you changing the spelling officially?

LOL YEAH!!!! i think so!! mostly cuz ive gotten that question quite a lot between here and twitter,,...i have it on my FAQ but its a pretty small question to go to an faq about so.,..hopefully this makes it a little easier for people.,,

[gilraina]

Is it ever explained why, if the protagonist turns into a mind flayer, the Emperor can't just stay behind in the Astral Prism and continue to protect them from a distance? So that after the battle is done, they can go back and free Orpheus, once the danger has passed?

I kinda get it from the game design perspective (wanting the player to have either the Emperor or Orpheus with them during the final battle, maybe narratively it wouldn't flow well to have an extra detour after killing the final boss) but in the text? Is there ever a single line explaining that "the Netherbrain has grown too powerful" or "the power doesn't work if you're this close to the brain"? Anything?

Why does the Emperor insist on assimilating Orpheus? I would understand if it just wanted Orpheus' power for itself, that would make total sense. It would keep the Emperor free from the threat of enthrallment for the rest of its life. But then why, if the protag turns into a mind flayer, the Emperor just lets them assimilate Orpheus instead? Same with the Netherstones, if the Emperor wanted to control the brain, why does it just let you do it if you're a mind flayer? (honestly, the extent to which the Emperor just makes itself completely expendable to you once you've turned is quite alarming, talk about blind trust lol)

Imagine if becoming a mind flayer was the only way to save Orpheus without betraying the Emperor. That way, accepting ceremorphosis while siding with the Emperor would still have that element of self-sacrifice, rather than just doing it for the power. You can save all of your allies and Orpheus, but only if you let yourself become something that isn't quite you anymore. It would give that choice a bit more dramatic weight I think.

[revenant-dumpster-fire]

One of my friends got a warning from EA for their name being "Shit Grass, Eat Ass". (I had the duo name "Skate Fast, Smoke Grass" which was apparently fine.)

Either they managed to kill a developer or someone reported them specifically, because I have seen astronomically worse names in the kill feed on a regular basis, and personally I love the things people come up with.

Legitimately I don't even know why they care when the ESRB reliquinshes the company of all liability the moment the player goes online. It's not like there's a slur in there or anything. Why can't people be silly?

All this to say,

God forbid Apex Legends players do anything and have fun with it.

Anyways don't think to hard about this post, I just found humor in it.

[chronurgy]

Erg part of the problem of putting pre-game timelines together is just the sense that Larian didn't really want the spellplague and the second sundering to have happened that close to the game if that makes sense. Like you can look at the published preexisting lore and put together dates and all of that but I can't help but think things flow much better if you just kinda ignore it - for Durge especially

[evasivaardilosa]

@gib-vinegar oooh, cool!!

I knew Madam Bo was a badass but I wouldn’t have imagined she being in the Lin Kuei

(This gives some new context to that scene)

[simsandgiggles]

Bess: Anyways ... the point -  It’s the perfect storm out here - empty factories, unemployment, a majorly polluted bay and a TON of taxpayer money going to whoever can best pretend to fix all three problems. Jules: and? What does that have to do with me? Bess: everything! My dad wants in on these deals and the good PR, and I happen to know someone with a vision of a sustainable clothing line? Jules: wait, you’re serious?! Bess: deadly. With you as the face and me as the brains - this has been our dream since college! I’ve got you tickets to Evergreen Harbor this weekend! We’ll hash out the details.

[mspoodle1]

Horse decided to play nice but...there are just some things about my game that refuse to cooperate (bobble headed npc's).